I find it infurating when you enter a name for an EXACT NAME it cycle and instead of returning to EXACT it's default position of RANKED SEARCH. For the 1870 census I entered a name using EXACT and what I got was a RANKED response. I was looking for a man in N.J. their RANKED SEARCH had a guy in GUAM. I want to control the choice until "I" change it, not get dumped into RANKED. Three times I informed them of spelling errors, alternative surnames, for various census years. Nothing was done for over 2 months so I wrote Juliana? who writes one of the weekly columns as a complaint, not a plee for help. About 2 weeks later, 3 of the 4 changes I had submitted were changed. I'm sure it was her doing and not the forms I submitted months before. I'm still waiting on the last correction, but I'm not holding my breath. Ancestry is now the only game in town...what a pity. It used to be good, now you have to fight and figure out how to get what you want. The "NEW and IMPROVED ANCESTRY" should go the way of the "NEW COKE" Tom near Dallas

On Fri, 28 Jul 2006 15:36:09 -0500, "Tom" <texastee10@comcast.net> wrote: > I find it infurating when you enter a name for an EXACT NAME it cycle >and instead of returning to EXACT it's default position of RANKED SEARCH. >For the 1870 census I entered a name using EXACT and what I got was a RANKED >response. I was looking for a man in N.J. their RANKED SEARCH had a guy in >GUAM. I want to control the choice until "I" change it, not get dumped into >RANKED. The "new and improved" ancestry.com doesn't appear to have Ranked Search anymore. Instead it has an "Exact matches only" checkbox, which sticks for me until I change it. -- Dennis Kowallek Hanover Twp., Butler Co. kowallek@iglou.com ******************